Means for holding bedsteads in position for display and other purposes.



No. 802,065. PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905.

W. H. BEAL.

MEANS FOR HOLDING BEDSTBADS IN'POSITION FOR DISPLAY AND OTHER PURPOSES.

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WVILLIAM HENRY BEAL, OF HALIFAX, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR HOLDING BEDSTEADS IN POSITION FOR DISPLAY AND OTHER PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

To 0Z7 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY BEAL, mechanic, residing at 1 Russell street, Halifax, in the county of York, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Holding Bedsteads in Position for Display and other Purposes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide safe and convenient apparatus for clamping and supporting the head and foot ends of bedsteads either in an upright or inclined position, as for display in show-rooms and for transport, and which apparatus can be adapted to bedsteads of various sizes, shapes, and constructions. For this purpose I employ a clamp or clamps for coupling the head and foot ends at one or both sides and a rest or carriage for supporting the same. In some cases the carriage may be dispensed with, the coupled bedstead resting on the floor, and in other cases the clamps can be dispensed with, the carriage being utilized for coupling purposes; but as a rule both carriage and clamp will be required.

The rest or carriage consists of a horizontal base, which may run on wheels or casters, and an upwardly-extending arm or arms either integral with the base or jointed or otherwise adjustably connected thereto. Such a carriage may be employed at one or both sides of the bedstead.

The clamp or connector is provided with hooks, bosses, flanges, screws, or other proj ections adapted to engage with the holes or catches in the corners of the bedstead, which hooks, bosses, or projections may be either fixed or adjustable.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicate parts of like functions throughout.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the carriage and clamp in use. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation taken on the line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the clamp shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan of a carriage similar to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail hereinafter referred to. Figs. 6 and 7 are side and end elevations of another form of clamp. Fig. ,8 is a sectional plan, taken on-the line C D in Fig. 6, of the clamp in position in the dovetailed corner-chills of the bedstead.

Figs. 9 to 11 are illustrations of clamps in which the hooks, bosses, or projections are adjusted by means of screws. Figs. 12 and 13 are respectively side and end elevations of a clamp in which the bosses are adjusted by a cam.

The carriage may consist of a trough or channel a, adapted to receive the casters or pillars of a bedstead I) and having a single or double vertical arm 0. I may also apply to the trough a a pair of adjustable plugs, of which only one is illustrated for the sake of clearness. These plugs f are of pyramidal, conical, or other suitable form, Figs 4 and 5, secured in the slot at by means of a screw f and washer f or by other suitable means. These plugs are intended to support bedsteads without casters or in which the casters are easily removed, the plug entering the bottom of the hollow pillar or leg of the bedstead. Along one or both edges of the trough a may be placed a number of cups, recesses, indentations, or holes at, intended to receive the caster-pivots of such bedsteads as have projecting caster-pivots, the caster 6 either resting in the trough a or outside it, as shown. Where there are no such proj ecting pivots, the casters 6 are supported in the trough a.

The upright arm 0, here shown double, may be of spring metal of oval or other suitable section and may be attached to the trough a in any suitable manner. I have here shown it as being adjustable by means of a bolt passing through a tailpiece c on the block 0 at the foot of the arm 0, the said bolt working loosely in the slot a until tightened up by the wing-nut c.

In some cases the double arms 0 can be made to pass through the dovetail holes in the corner-chills and are held securely therein, a ring 0 being employed to lock the two arms 0 together.

By extending the trough and oining there to additional vertical arms at suitable distances apart any number of bedsteads may be coupled and supported together.

By adding to the ring 0 one, two, three, or four arms provided with fastening devices the clamp 9 (shown in Figs. 1 and 3) is obtained. This may be provided at one end with wedges h to enter the dovetailed holes of the corner-chills i "Lof the bedstead and at the other end with hooks k to engage the catches of bedsteads which have hooks and catches instead of dovetail fastenings, or

both ends may' have wedges or both ends hooks, the pairs of hooks or wedges being then of different sizes to fit different bedsteads.

In Figs. 9 and 10 a disk 9 is clamped between the members of the guide-arm c. This disk revolves a shaft provided with right and left hand screw-threads which engage with hooks or projections 7?. These hooks engage with the chills "L t and draw them toward each other when the disk is revolved in one direction. The disk is provided with knobs n to aid in revolving it, and p is a guide-block for the hooks. The disk is revolved before being placed between the parts 0.

In Fig. 11 the clamp 0 is provided with an arm 9" which projects between the bedposts t i and is connected to them by a bolt h having a nut h, the said bolt being provided with screw-threads In Figs. 12 and 13 the plate 9 is provided with bosses h for engaging with dovetailed slots in the chills, and it also has a cam-slot r. A key 8 is inserted under the chills in this camslot, so as to hold the bosses in the slots, and

the plate is clamped between the members of the guide-arm c, as hereinbefore described. In Fig. 18 the parts 0 are shown broken at top and bottom, and the broken upper ends are shown in section.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with a carriage provided with a longitudinal slot and supporting bedposts, of a guide-arm provided With a shoe at its lower end, a bolt slidable in the said slot and connecting the said shoe to the said carriage, and means for connecting the upper parts of the bedposts with the said guide-arm.

2. The combination, with a carriage provided at its end portions with recesses for the caster-pivots of bedposts, of a guide-arm secured to the middle part of the said carriage between the said recesses, and means for connecting the upper parts of the bedposts with the said guide-arm.

3. The combination, with a carriage provided with a trough or channel for receiving the casters of bedposts, said carriage having also recesses at its end portions for receiving the caster-pivots; of a guide-arm secured to the middle part of the said carriage, and means for connecting the upper parts of the bedposts with the said guide-arm.

4.. The combination, with a carriage for supporting bedposts, of a guide-arm formed of two resilient members arranged side by side and secured to the middle part of the said carriage and operating to hold the upper parts of the bedposts in position, and means for preventing the said resilient members from spreading apart.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY BEAIJ.

Witnesses:

ERNEsT PRIESTLEY NEWTON, JOHN ERNEST SYKEs LocKwooD. 

